Unit title: 家 Family and Home Area of interaction focus Which area of interaction will be our focus? Why have we chosen this? Significant concepts What are the big ideas? What do we want our students to retain for years into the future? Community and Service Exploring the concepts of self, culture and identity. Reflecting on the similarities and differences between my community and other communities around the world Family life in other countries can differ to that of our own country. Differences in the way families exist in other countries can affect the social norms of that country. MYP unit question How is family life in China different to the UK?

My family LO: Understand the use of ‘and’ in Chinese Use a measure word to talk about the total amount of people in your family

rén 人 person/people

kǒu 口 m.w. people in family

我家有五口人 wǒ jiā yǒu wǔ kǒu rén My family has five people There are five people in his family

我家有三口人 wǒ jiā yǒu sān kǒu rén My family has three people There are three people in his family

Only links nouns, NOT sentences hé 和 and Only links nouns, NOT sentences

 bà ba hé mā ma 爸爸和妈妈 Dad and Mum

Dad is called Simon and Mum is called Sarah  bà ba jiào Simon hé mā mā jiào Sarah 爸爸叫Simon和妈妈叫Sarah Dad is called Simon and Mum is called Sarah

爸爸和妈妈 爸爸叫Robert, 妈妈叫Selina 大家说！ 爸爸和妈妈 爸爸叫Robert, 妈妈叫Selina

和 only links nouns, NOT sentences (verbs) Task 1 - 写 Write out the new words into your vocabulary book. 人 口 和 rén kǒu hé person/people m.w. – people in family and Task 2 - Grammar 和 Write out the grammar note in your exercise book. 和 only links nouns, NOT sentences (verbs) e.g. 爸爸和妈妈 Task 3 – Complete ex. 4 EXT: Write a sentence in Chinese characters describing how many people are in each family using 口 e.g. Derry family has ….. people.

听力 第二十一页， 练习五 EXT= What family members doesn’t he have?

There are …people in my family 说 nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén 你家有几口人？ Your family has how many people? How many people are in your family? wǒ jiā yǒu ...kǒu rén 我家有...口人 My family has … people There are …people in my family

EXT: Translate the sentence into English. 阅读 Read the sentences and decide if 和 can be used in the blank. Write  for yes and  for no. EXT: Translate the sentence into English.  一。 爸爸四十三岁， ______ 妈妈四十岁。 二。 我有一个姐姐______ 一个妹妹。 三。 姐姐叫Amy, ______ 妹妹叫 Zoe。 四。 我家有四口人，爸爸，妈妈，哥哥 ____ 我。 五。 我有弟弟____ 我没有哥哥。    

René: aged 11, 4 people in her family Lisa: aged 9, 7 people in her family Cody: aged 13, 6 people in his family Harry: aged 12, 5 people in his family Dongdong: aged 10, 3 people in his family Look at the profiles of these five children. Write a sentence for each one. e.g. 我叫……，我….岁， 我家有…口人。 EXT: Describe who is in their family based on the total number give – you can make it up!

Bingo Use family members to complete your bingo sheet.Use two members twice. Write in English.